I can understand why Batman's very amateurish in this since this appears to be very early on in his career. I'm glad that they avoided the common trope of making him competent from day one.
You know I think the 'Outsiders' would work a lot more if it was compromised of a team like this. More of a secret police force compromised of relatively normal heroes rather than the tired old 'superhero team whose willing to cross lines/make dubious choices, etc' cliche. No matter what he says, Batman is an ideologist like Superman at heart.